Mexico
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 131.9M (2025). World rank 11 of 216; in Americas, 3 of 46. Area: 1,964,375 km². World rank 15 of 249; in Americas, 6 of 56. GDP: $1.8T (2025). World rank 14 of 210; in Americas, 4 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 121.1M → 131.9M, GDP $1.2T → $1.8T, and GDP per person $10,021 → $13,889.
State
- Official name
- United Mexican States
- Local name
- México
- Capital
- Mexico City
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Federal presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Claudia Sheinbaum
- Head of government
- Claudia Sheinbaum
- Independence
- September 16, 1810
- Women in parliament
- 50.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 131,946,900 2025
- Area
- 1,964,375 km²
- GDP
- $1.8T 2025
- GDP per person
- $13,889 2025
- Life expectancy
- 75.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Mexican Peso (MXN)
- Time zones
- UTC−7, UTC−6, UTC−5
- Calling code
- +52
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 127 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 9,330
- Neighbours
- Belize, Guatemala, United States
- Agricultural land
- 50.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Citlaltepetl, 5,636 m
- Lowest point
- Laguna Salada, -10 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,111
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 14
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 17°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 758 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 67.2 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.8% 2025
- Living in cities
- 80% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -108K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 24.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 67.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 78 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 72.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.9 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 15.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 77.7%, no religion 10.6%, Protestant 7.5%, and other Christian 1.2% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 39.4 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 29 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 48.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 51.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 52.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $25,868 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $13,730 2025
- Inflation
- +3.8% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 54 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 3.9% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 30.6% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 58.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.7% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 5.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 47.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 39.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 40.3% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 3.6% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 14.8% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 42.6 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 1.6% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 95.6% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 102% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 103% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 48.2% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.1% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $761 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 41.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 80% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 13.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 42 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.5% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 16.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 73.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 15.7% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.5% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 93% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 88% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 24.9 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 12.8 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 55 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 16.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 34.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 19.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 3,180 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 45% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 83.1% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 116 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 21.7 2024
- Internet domain
- .mx
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 99.8% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,595 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 13% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 23.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 75.4% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 78,763,320 2023
- Airports
- 1,580 2025
- Railways, km
- 23,389 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 438 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 18,982 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,172 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 19.3% 2024